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- Joined
- May 12, 2001
State Grass
Western Wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata (Agropyron spicatum)
Description Grows in large bunches, with stiff, straight flowering stalks; often blue-green.
Flowers: tiny, lacking petals, stamens 3, styles 2, not easily visible; flower clusters flat, arranged in narrow spikes 3 1/26 (815 cm) long; JuneAugust.
Leaves: long, hairy on upper surface, green or blue-green.
Fruit: a small grain
Height: 2040 (60100 cm).
Habitat Dry slopes, plains, open woods.
Range Washington to California, east to Montana, New Mexico, also North and South Dakota.
Discussion A former dominant of the intermountain grasslands, this species is now much diminished in distribution due to competition from Downy Brome and Sagebrush.
Western Wheatgrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata (Agropyron spicatum)
Description Grows in large bunches, with stiff, straight flowering stalks; often blue-green.
Flowers: tiny, lacking petals, stamens 3, styles 2, not easily visible; flower clusters flat, arranged in narrow spikes 3 1/26 (815 cm) long; JuneAugust.
Leaves: long, hairy on upper surface, green or blue-green.
Fruit: a small grain
Height: 2040 (60100 cm).
Habitat Dry slopes, plains, open woods.
Range Washington to California, east to Montana, New Mexico, also North and South Dakota.
Discussion A former dominant of the intermountain grasslands, this species is now much diminished in distribution due to competition from Downy Brome and Sagebrush.